EnviroScience, Inc., headquartered in Stow, Ohio, with additional offices in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, is a niche provider of environmental consulting services. We employ over 160 highly skilled and technical employees that develop unique, cost-effective solutions for our clients' environmental, infrastructure and regulatory needs.

Our clients repeatedly choose EnviroScience because of our technical expertise, client advocacy, high quality work, and outstanding reputation with regulators and industry executives.

EnviroScience is seeking a seasonal Ecological Restoration Technician. This position will take an active role in a fast-paced environmental restoration team, implementing invasive vegetation control and native vegetation installation at the ground level. This is a strenuous field position that rewards passionate, entry-level environmental practitioners with essential restoration skills and experience.
The candidate will be required to perform a diverse range of tasks:
* Interpret and execute the vegetation management components of major restoration design plans.
* Identify and control invasive vegetation using various herbicide application methodologies including foliar, cut stump, and boom spraying.
* Identify, install, and protect native vegetation including seed, plugs, live stakes, shrubs, and trees throughout restoration project areas.
* Operate and service equipment including trucks and trailers, utility terrain vehicles (UTV), Argos (amphibious UTV), boats, skid steers, tractors, chainsaws, brush saws, and augers.
* Maintain daily records and assist in data collection via mobile GIS software.
The candidate will be expected to work 8-to-12-hour shifts, 20-to-60-hours per week, including overnight and extended travel throughout the duration of the seasonal contract.

The ideal candidate would have a multidisciplinary background in botany, land stewardship, natural resource management, and environmental construction. This individual should be a creative problem solver, effective communicator of complex problems and their solutions, and care deeply about restoring habitat in Ohio and surrounding states. Being a dedicated, hands-on field position, the ideal candidate should look forward to working outside in all types of weather conditions and ecosystems including but not limited to wetlands, forests, and streams.
Qualifications:
* A valid driver's license.
* Currently pursuing, or holding, a bachelor's degree in an environmental science related field (Restoration Ecology, Conservation Biology, Botany, Forestry).
* An Ohio Department of Agriculture Commercial Applicator License in the categories of 3A, 4A, 5, CORE is preferred but not required.
* Ability to travel overnight.
Other Desirable Skills
* Experience with invasive and native vegetation identification.
* Experience with native plant installation or maintenance.
* Professional experience operating and servicing power tools including chainsaws, brush saws, and augers.
* Ability to trailer equipment including UTVs, Argos, boats, and heavy machinery.
* Experience with AutoCAD or GIS.